DuPont promotes science for Egyptian children
"Children s Encyclopedia of Scientists is donated to libraries across CairoCAIRO: Dupont, the internationally-renowned science company, and Egypt State Information Service (SIS) have entered into a private-public sector partnership to…
St. Catherine's healthcare crisis
ST. CATHERINE: Away from the tourist-heavy Jabal Moussa and the famed monastery, the mostly Bedouin town of St. Catherine, with an estimated population of 4,000-6,000, is facing a crisis in…
Egyptian woman in legal test of SMS divorce
CAIRO: An Egyptian woman is seeking clarification from a court on whether her husband's declaration of divorce by text message is legally valid, a state-run newpsaper reported on Thursday.After missing…
Barakat ruled out of Nations Cup
CAIRO: Ahli's midfielder Mohamed Barakat has been completely ruled out of the Nations Cup as he is set to undergo a knee surgery in Germany on Jan. 14, Ahli s…
EFA study hefty offer for league matches
CAIRO: The Egyptian FA are considering a hefty LE 50 million offer from an Arab Television network to have the exclusive rights to broadcast league matches. The offer may prompt…
Trio unlikely to play against Namibia
Egypt assistant coach Shawky Gharib said that players who were forced to join the squad late are unlikely to be with the team when they face Namibia in Aswan on…
Egypt sends 1,200 peacekeepers to Darfur
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak inspected hundreds of Egyptian troops on Wednesday ahead of their deployment in the war-torn Darfur region of neighboring Sudan to join a UN-African peacekeeping force.Mubarak, accompanied…
Iran's Larijani: process of normalizing relations with Egypt 'moving forward'
CAIRO: At the end of a rare visit to Egypt, a senior Iranian envoy said Tuesday the two regional Muslim heavyweights are making progress in normalizing diplomatic relations, cut nearly…